Rachay Yai Island

Home Run ReefStaghorn ReefLucy's ReefHuncy's ReefHarruby WreckMarla's Mystery WreckAndaman EagleSiam BayBungalow Bay NorthBungalow Bay South
Home Run Reef is located Northeast of Racha Yai Island.  It’s mostly covered with hard corals, such as staghorn and brain corals, with soft corals attached to the rocks at different depths.
The marine life is quite diverse at this dive site, ranging from Moorish Idols, Angel Fish, Fosters Barracuda and Green Turtles.
The currents run from north to south or vice versa, making this an easy 1 direction dive, it’s also suitable for novice divers.
  • Depth: 20 Meters
  • Visibility 10 – 30 Meters
  • Difficulty Beginner
  • Current Mild/Strong
  • Type Sloping Reef
The diversity of marine life here is amazing. Whether you are in the shallows looking up at all the Needle Fish that are just below the surface or watching Banded Sea Krait sifting through many holes in the rocks looking for food, here you will find numerous and diverse encounters with many fish and hard and soft corals.
The dive site itself starts off shallow and then slopes down to a maximum depth of around 24 metres.
You will find small bommies around the white sand, look out for Giant Moray Eels poking their heads out of the holes, also watch the sandy areas for Kuhl Stingrays and much more.
As you start to ascend back into the shallows look out for schools of yellow fusiliers. Perfect for beginner divers as slight currents gently push you along this dive site, making it an easy dive for everyone.
  • Depth: 25 Meters
  • Visibility 15 – 30 Meters
  • Difficulty Beginner
  • Current Mild/Strong
Lucy’s Reef topography mainly consists of rock formations and pore coral. The site is actually situated right next to Staghorn Reef but a rock border separates these 2 dive sites.
What you will see here at Lucy’s Reef are Rock Bommies at depths of 3/10 metres scattered on the white sandy area creating a perfect dive site for beginner divers. Attached to the rocks are a colorful array of many different corals that house Anemone Crabs, Skunk Clown Fish and many more marine life.
As you enter Bay 4 you will encounter a reef full of hard corals with Angel Fish, Moon Wrasse and much more swimming around the reef.

 

 

  • Depth: 25 Meters
  • Visibility 15 – 30 Meters
  • Difficulty Beginner
  • Current Mild/Strong
  • Type Reef
Huncy’s Reef is a smaller version of Staghorn Reef.
This dive site offers a wide variety of soft and hard corals, lots of Butterfly Fish spending time foraging for food that the reef as to offer and many Moorish Idols swimming around the reef.
Look into the holes in the rocks and you may find Zebra Moray Eels and Coral Banded Cleaner Shrimp in and around the corals. Perfect for all level of divers.

 

 

  • Depth: 20 Meters
  • Visibility 15 – 30 Meters
  • Difficulty Beginner
  • Current Mild/Strong
  • Type Sloping Reef

The Harruby Wreck is in between Bay 1 and Bay 2 on the East side of Racha Yai Island. She lies on the white sandy area and is tied off to many concrete cubes, making it safe and diver friendly.
The wreck was put in place on Wednesday 2nd December, 2009 and was kindly donated by The Department of Marine Coastal Resources. Soon there will be an artificial reef attached to the wreck consisting of many soft corals and sponges that attract all the marine life that live in the Andaman Sea.
The size of the Harruby is approximately 22 metres long and the top of the wreck is around 14 metres from the surface, making it ideal for newly open water divers to explore this exciting new wreck that Racha Yai has to offer.

The marine life you will see on the Harruby wreck consists of schools of Longfinned Batfish, the occasional Barracuda, Puffer Fish, Scorpion Fish and much more.
Remember to look into the blue, you may get lucky and spot a Manta Ray swimming effortlessly by on its way to Racha Noi, a sight that you will never forget.

  • Depth: 25 Meters
  • Visibility 5 – 25 Meters
  • Difficulty Open Water upwards
  • Current Mild/Strong
  • Type Sloping Wreck
Marla’s Mystery Wreck lies on the East side of Racha Yai, East of Bay 1. It was sunk in 2004 and was Racha’s first artificial Reef.
Currently the wreck is full of hard corals with lots of Marine life housing in the wreck. Giant Moray eels, Great Barracuda all call this wreck home. The hull of the wreck itself lies at 32 Metres with the top around 27 Metres. Its length is 30 Metres plus with a width of 3 metres and is rarely dived due to its depth and location as there is no buoy line attached to it.
Additional marine life living on the wreck consists of Lion Fish, Scorpion Fish and Kuhls Stingrays can be seen protruding from the sand. On occasion, Eagle Rays can be spotted swimming around the wreck.
Due to its depth, only advanced divers are allowed to dive on this wreck. To get the best out of this dive, it’s advised to dive on Nitrox to extend bottom time and give you more time on this site.
  • Depth: 27 – 32 Meters
  • Visibility 10 – 30 Meters
  • Difficulty Advanced
  • Current Mild/Strong
  • Type Wreck
Andaman Eagle is located in Between Bay 1 and 2 on the East side of Racha Islands. She was sunk in 2007 and the wreck itself has now deteriorated over the years due to its wooden structure.
It houses a huge array of Marine life like Moorish Idols, Angel fish, Lion fish and Moray Eels in the holes in and around the wreck.
She lies at a depth of 28 Metres, so only advanced divers are advised on this wreck site. Nitrox is recommended on this dive to give you longer bottom time.
  • Depth: 22 – 29 Meters
  • Visibility 10 – 30 Meters
  • Difficulty Advanced
  • Current Mild/Strong
  • Type Wreck
Siam Bay is situated on the north side of Racha Yai Island. When diving the bay you will find large pinnacles at the edge of the island. Common marine life that frequent these pinnacles are Parrot Fish, Powder Blue Surgeon Fish, Red Tooth Trigger Fish and lots more.
Different array of Hard Corals such as Brain Coral, Table Coral and Slipper Coral are thriving throughout the site. If you look onto the white sandy areas in between the Pinnacles you will find Kuhl’s Stingray and other sand dwelling marine life. The site is also well known for its 2004 Tsunami monument consisting of life size elephant statues and a temple.
Easy for beginner’s divers as the dive site is very shallow offering very little current.
  • Depth: 20 Meters
  • Visibility 15 – 25 Meters
  • Difficulty Beginner
  • Current Mild/Moderate
  • Type Pinnacle – Reef
The Northern side of the bay is a reef slope consisting of staghorn coral and rock formations. On this site you will find most marine reef life, such as, Butterfly Fish, Cleaner Wrasse, Trigger Fish and many more.
Remember to look onto the rocks and you should see many different types of Nudi-branch tucked away in between crevices.
Soft corals are a plenty in a wide variety of different colours. This dive site is perfect for beginner divers with its striking blue colours, very calm tranquil waters, virtually no current and great visibility.
This is a perfect dive site to start off your diving holiday with us.
  • Depth: 22 Meters
  • Visibility 15 – 30 Meters
  • Difficulty Beginner
  • Current Mild / Moderate
  • Type Reef / Slope
The Southern side of Bungalow Bay consists of small pinnacles scattered on white sand with a topography of rocks that slope up to the island.
With a lot of colourful soft corals attached to the slope, there are plenty of reef fish this site offers to its divers. The marine life ranges from Moray Eels, Turtles, Octopus, to Red Tail Butterfly fish and you may be lucky and spot the Clown Angler Fish hiding in one of many hard corals.
This site is perfect for beginners due to the tranquil waters and mild current.
  • Depth: 25 Meters
  • Visibility 15 – 30 Meters
  • Difficulty Beginner
  • Current Mild/Strong
  • Type Reef / Slope

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